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Panera Bread

Fast-casual bakery, catering, delivery

Restaurant Manager

Food & Beverage Operations ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNaperville, IL, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • The candidate must be at least 18 years old.
  • One or more years of restaurant management experience is preferred.
  • The candidate must be able to lead shifts and direct, motivate, coach, and develop others in a fast-paced environment.
  • The candidate must have ServSafe certification or be able to achieve certification.
  • The role requires flexible availability, including nights and weekends, in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities.
  • Any job offer is conditional on the results of a background check.
  • The role requires the ability to lift, carry, push, or pull objects weighing 25 pounds.
  • The role requires the ability to stand and walk for up to six hours.
  • The candidate must be able to communicate clearly and quickly understand guests’ and associates’ directions in a loud environment.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure guests are delighted by the quality of the food, service, and staff.
  • Build engaging relationships that lead to long-term, loyal guests.
  • Lead, manage, and develop team members through coaching, inspiration, and motivation to exceed goals in sales, speed, order accuracy, and guest experience, and celebrate their achievements.
  • Participate in the interviewing and selection process.
  • Train the team in food safety standards and ensure those standards are maintained.
  • Promote the organization’s values and behaviors by making people smile, learning and growing together, finding solutions and taking initiative, working as a team, having fun and celebrating success, and seeing the best in others.

Desired Qualifications

  • One or more years of restaurant management experience.

About the Company

Panera Bread

Fast-casual bakery, catering, delivery

Panera Bread operates as a fast-casual bakery-café brand that serves freshly prepared, clean-food meals. Its offering spans a diverse, chef-crafted menu with baked goods and café-style dishes, available through in-store dining and multiple digital channels. The product works via a combination of made-to-order menu items and a broad omni-channel system—including mobile ordering, catering, Rapid Pick-Up, curbside pickup, and delivery—to enhance convenience for customers. Panera differentiates itself through its emphasis on high-quality, clean ingredients, bakery heritage, and a tech-enabled customer experience, backed by a multi-brand portfolio under Panera Brands and ownership by JAB Holding Company. The company aims to make good, nutritious food accessible and easy to obtain across North America by continuously improving the dining and ordering experience through technology and operations.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
St. Louis, MO
Founded
1981

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